SCIENCE-TECH

CERN to tap new Europe cloud computing project

             GENEVA - Three key research centers and a consortium of Internet companies said on Thursday they would work together on a European cloud computing platform to handle the continent's rapidly growing demand for computer capacity.

 

Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate

          LONDON - A British ethics group has launched a debate on the ethical dilemmas posed by new technologies that tap into the brain and could bring super-human strength, highly enhanced concentration or thought-controlled weaponry.

 

Rocket lifts off with 3G military communications

           CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday carrying the first satellite in a new military network designed to give cellphone-like 3G communications to troops on the move.

 

Virgin Galactic aims to test fly ship in space this year

             PALO ALTO, California - Virgin Galactic, an offshoot of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, expects to test fly its first spacecraft beyond the Earth's atmosphere this year, with commercial suborbital passenger service to follow in 2013 or 2014, company officials said on Monday.

 

Total recall: Japanese robot finds lost things

              TOKYO - Forgot where you put your glasses? A Japanese robot can find them for you, and guide you to where they are.